Privacy Policy

Last updated: 20 May 2018 in accordance to the GDPR (European) regulation

Enrupt is a brand owned by the August Company Pte Ltd.

Your Privacy Matters The August Company is a boutique consultancy management firm specialised in clean energy sectors. Central to this mission is our commitment to be transparent about the data we collect about you, how it is used and with whom it is shared. This Privacy Policy applies when you use our Services (described below). We offer our users choices about the data we collect, use and share as described in this Privacy Policy and Terms of use.

Introduction This website is operated by The August Company Pte Ltd with company number 201600913C and whose registered address is at 4 Shenton Way, #28-03 SGX Centre 2, Singapore 068807, also referred to in this Privacy Statement as "we" or "us".

Data Controller VS data processor?

***Data Controllers are the parties that decide what personal data your business will collect and why***VS***Data processors are the parties maintain and process the data either according to instructions from the data controller or according to it’s own standars***

How we collect data?

1)When you visit our website

You can visit our website without giving away your personal information. The August Company use Analytics (squarespace analytics) and cookies in order to improve our service, user experience and analyse how the website is used. Aside from the approximate location (IP address), the information collected by squarespace analytic is mostly anonymous traffic data such as browser information and device information.We do not collect additional information, such as your age, gender, interest and bank details.The collected information is used to provide an overview of how people are accessing and using The August Company website. It is not for any additional purpose, such as to profile those who access our website

Those kinds of data are called (“Log Data”) through squarespace platform – Analytics sectionThis Log Data may include information such as your device type, source, operating system, your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser version, location, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.This Log Data are collected by the platform (“Square Space”) in charge of the monitoring of the August Company website.

The August Company (“data controller”) may ask for and collect from you personally identifiable and other information at certain points via this website. Depending on the information and/or services you request, you may be asked to provide your name, email address and other information which will be stored in MailChimp (“data processor”), our marketing platform.

By using any of our services, including this website and by providing us with any personal information, you are consenting to the use of your personal information as set out in this Notice.

Please do not send us any personal information if you do not want that information to be used in this way.

3) YOU CAN :Contact us at any time to:

Request access to information that The August Company has about you.

Correct any information that The August Company has about you.

Delete information that The August Company has about you.

If you have any additional questions about The August Company’s collection and storage of data, please contact us at : admin@theaugust.company

How we use your dataAt The august Company we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and will only use your personal information:

to alert you to new features, special events, and service offerings; and

for other legitimate business purposes.

Communication (EMAIL MARKETING LIST AND MARKETING MESSAGES)

We operate an email mailing list program, used to inform you about products, services and/or news we supply/publish. You can change your preferences for receiving group marketing emails, updates and other information from us at any time. You can unsubscribe at any time through an automated online service or, if this is not available, by the method referred to in the footer of sent marketing messages. Email marketing messages may contain tracking beacons / tracked clickable links or similar server technologies in order to track subscriber activity. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of subscriber data relating to engagement, geographic, demographics and already stored subscriber data. Please note that we may use your marketing and content preferences, and other information you provide to us (including details of your attendance at, or interest in, events) in order to build a profile for you. We may supplement this profile with information about how you use our websites, review our content and interact with us. We use this profile to try and ensure that you only receive information that you are likely to find of interest.

How and why we share your information Please note that we may on occasion be required to share your information within our own offices and branches of our associated firms around the world and other third parties who provide services to us or on our behalf. However, we have taken steps to ensure that all such entities keep your personal information confidential and secure and only use it for the purposes that we have specified and have informed you of. In relation to any other third parties we will only disclose your information where you have given your consent or where we are required to do so by law.

The August Company may disclose your personally identifiable information to another entity (i) for purposes of outsourcing one or more of the functions described above; (ii) to confirm or update information provided by you; (iii) to inform you of events, information about our services, and other important information, or (iv) for other purposes disclosed at or before the time the information is collected. If you tell us you wish to attend an event, your name and organization may appear on a list which we provide to other delegates at the event. We may also share your information when legally required to do so.

Confidentiality We acknowledge that the information you provide may be confidential. We do not sell, rent, distribute or otherwise make personal information commercially available to any third party, except that we may share information with our service providers for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice. We will maintain the confidentiality of and protect your information in accordance with our Privacy Notice and all applicable laws.

Your rights You have the right to apply for a copy of the information we hold about you. This is called a data subject access request and you can make a request by writing to us using the contact details below. We may require further information from you in order to verify your identity before disclosing any personal information to you. You also have the right to have any inaccurate information about you corrected. We want to make sure that your information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove any information that you think is no longer up to date. Please contact us using the contact details below if you would like any corrections made to your information.

Transferring information when there is a change to our businessIf in the future we re-organise or transfer all or part of our business we may need to transfer your information to new The August Company entities or to third parties through which the business of The August Company will be carried out.

If you do not want to receive information from usIf you receive marketing materials from us, you may withdraw your consent for us to send these to you at any time and free of charge by sending an e-mail to admin@theaugust.company

Cookies Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer's hard drive.

Like many sites, we use "cookies" to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

SecurityThe security of your Personal Information is important to us. We implement security safeguards designed to protect your data, such as HTTPS. We regularly monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks. However, remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Changes to this notice This Privacy Policy is effective as of 20 may 2018 (GDRP Update) and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website.

Contact InformationIf you have any questions in relation to this Privacy Notice, or if you would like to contact us to exercise your rights as stated in this Privacy Notice, you may contact us at admin@theaugust.company

Laura has 11 years of international experience in consulting and advisory. She has developed a deep knowledge of the energy sector through operational projects and extensive analysis of market rules and government policies (at GCC and European level). With a thorough understanding of key regulatory challenges, Laura is also a coach and trainer for start up and innovation projects inside organisations, having contributed to programmes such as Pitch@Palace (sponsored by the Duke of York and Khalifa Fund) in the UAE, in several innovation departments set-up and to the development of Sia Partners Datascience practice.

Imad Atwi
Digitalisation Strategy&

Strategist and execution professional, with 12+ years of experience across the MENA, SEA, and Europe. Digital ecosystem builder and advisor of governments, technology companies, and startups on digital transformation, policies, innovation strategies, business plans, partnerships, and operating models. Aficionado of for-profit social enterprises with strong expertise in the entrepreneurship space along business development, due diligence, sales, and marketing. Advised, mentored, and helped fundraise for various startups and social enterprises in the MENA and SEA region. Judge of several entrepreneurship forums and competitions. Strong believer in untapped regional and global technology potential in improving the quality of life and economy for developing and developed countries. Working on exciting solutions to solve key challenges that will bring economic, social, or environmental upside for the MENA/ GCC region, utilizing forward looking policies, technology strategies and execution.

Julien Richard
Behavioural Change & Sustainability

An ex-strategy consultant with 10 years’ experience across multiple industries & geographies, assuming leadership positions with innovative companies & startups in the middle east over recent years. An excellent team player, business oriented with strong interpersonal skills.

Tanzeed Alam
Sustainability & Policy
Earth Matters

For over fourteen years, Tanzeed has promoted positive change on climate change, energy and environmental conservation across three continents within government, industry, businesses and communities. At Earth Matters Consulting, he is responsible to leading and growing the business with a number of different clients. A few key projects include managing a global sustainability prize based in the region, leading the development of Dubai’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy on energy, food and financial services, developing a report on solar powered desalination in the UAE and running a training programme on climate change foremployees of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority. Tanzeed’s previous experience includes directing the Climate Change, Energy & Sustainability work of the World-Wide Fundfor Nature (WWF) in the UAE and GCC region. Previously he was Science Policy Advisor for Energy & Climate Change at the UK’s independent scientific academy, the Royal Society andProject Manager for CarbonSense, a consulting firm helping businesses develop climate change strategies. Tanzeed has a post graduate MSc in Conservation from University College Londonand BSc (Hons) in Zoology from the University of Edinorough.

Pierre Samaties
Managing Partner & CEO Innogy

Pierre has 15 years of experience in the Energy and IT industries, advising international clients on strategic assignments. Before taking over the position as Managing Partner & CEO of innogy International Middle East in July 2014, he worked as a Partner in innogy Consulting – a leading European strategy and management consultancy in the energy industry.

Pierre holds an MBA in General Management and a B.Sc. in Information Technology. In addition, he holds several executive certificates from renowned business schools, including MIT Sloan School of Management (USA), INSEAD (France) and London Business School (UK).

Omar is Director of Corporate Communication & General Services at the Supreme Council of Energy (SCE), Government of Dubai. A UAE national, Omar graduated with a degree in General Business from Dubai Higher College of Technology and a Master's degree in Strategic Project Management from Heriot-Watt University, School of Edinburgh, Scotland. Omar joined the Supreme Council of Energy in November 2011. In his present role, he is overall responsible of General Services (Admin, Legal, Finance, HR & IT) as well as the Corporate Communications (Managing the stream of SCE's Corporate Communications, Media, PR, Stakeholder Management and Government Relations).

Prior to his current role, Omar was Director of Communications for Royal Dutch Shell "Shell Markets Middle East Limited" for nearly 5 years. Before joining Shell in 2007, he spent 3 years with the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) where he was Head of Region (Europe and United States).

Soon after graduating from university, Omar started his career in sales and marketing with Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) in 1998, where he managed government corporate accounts (Ministries, Royal Family...etc). Omar is also a member in several committees, he is the Chairman of Corporate Communication Committee for Energy Sector in Dubai, Chairman of Planning & Coordination Committee of Emirates Energy Award. Secretary General of Dubai Global Energy Forum. Member of Infrastructure and Environment Legislation at Supreme Legislation Committee of Dubai, Member of Media & Marketing as well as Logistics & Services of World Energy Forum 2012, Member of Dubai Executive Council for General Network of Government Communication, member of Public Diplomacy of Dubai Media Office, Member of Dubai Carbon's steering committee, Member of Advisory Board of Inclusion & Diversity in Energy at ADIPEC & Member of Arabian Leaders of the Future Association

Vinson Chua
Co-Founder, Director Lumani

Vinson has more than 20 years of business development in the Asia region working with different industries from Telecom, Information Technology, Storage, Semiconductor and other technologies.

He has worked in management positions with multinational corporations like AMD, technology start-ups and a local Singapore companies. Before joining Lumani, he was a business partner of a distribution company dealing with Defence Electronics and Telecom Products.

As a co-founder of Lumani, he is very passionate on sustainability and in particular, achieving total indoor ambient management with AI.

Vinson graduated in 1994 from Nanyang Technological University with a Honors Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, majoring in Control Engineering.

Imran Syed
Head of Industrial PowerEnerwhere

Imran is an experienced power systems engineer who is responsible for design and implementation of Enerwhere's advanced hybrid systems. Imran started his career as an electrical engineer in the mining industry, followed by 5 years in academic research on renewable energy power systems, including a stint at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, where he worked on PV-based DC micro-grid control with the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE). Imran holds a Masters degree in Electrical Power Engineering from Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi, and is currently pursuing a PhD in electrical power engineering from the same institute.

Nadir Cassam Chenai
Business DevelopmentMetron

Nadir Cassam heads business development for Metron in UAE. He is a French engineer with 7 years of International experience in Energy sectors. Nadir started his career as Project Manager in Africa for IPP providers. He has deep knowledge on power generation and relocation of power plants and experience with hybridration of these plants with PV-based technology.
He is now responsaible to leading and growing the business with a number of clients in MENA regions for METRON, which is specialized in Energy Intelligence for industrial clients. The technology is based on Artificial Intelligence, including digitalization of industries, energy transparency, and development of fully distributed energy systems.

A Clean Tech advisor and entrepreneur with deep market know-how and experience. Proven track record in different areas; from product/market development, system engineering, project development and R&D operations to leading multi tasked core teams crossing different organizational subsets.

Avadhesh (Avad) is the founder of Realex (realexapp.com), an innovative venture for SmartCity-PropTech consulting, digital solutions and technology platform. It focuses to digitize and automate real estate lifecycle by applying digital strategies around mobile-web, blockchain, artificial intelligence & IOT. As an entrepreneur, he is also a member of INSEADERS.vc, The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE.org), Dubai Technology Entrepreneurship Centre (dtec.ae), Dubai Silicon Oasis (dsoa.ae).

Avad is a results oriented executive with entrepreneurial mindset. Accomplished general manager with over 15 years of experience in competitive environment in diverse industries applying skills in strategy, innovation, finance, marketing and organization behaviour. He has had a successful and progressive professional career in leadership roles working with leading Management & Strategy Consulting MNCs such as SAP consulting, Hitachi Consulting, NTT Data, Mahindra-Bristlecone Consulting and with Technology MNCs such as SAP, Hewlett-Packard, Dell. He also helped build three American Ventures (2 from Valley) that got acquired. He has led teams from 5-200 people to build and manage P&L of USD 50Mn -250Mn across country-region levels. He has engaged Fortune 500 / Forbes 2000 organizations across 18 countries globally for digitization, innovation and transformation.

He holds a Global Executive MBA from INSEAD (dual scholarship), B.Com from University of Toronto, Post Graduate Diploma in International Business and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA-Accounts Topper) from other distinguished institutions. He is certified "Design Thinking" expert. He is a Canadian citizen and has lived and worked in India, USA (Houston, Washington D.C, Boston, SFO, Chicago) Canada (Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal), Europe (Paris, London, Amsterdam), Middle East (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Dammam, Bahrain, Qatar) and Asia (Singapore, Kuala Lampur, Bangkok). He is currently based in UAE.

Natalie Sleiman
Head of UAEShe Loves Tech

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Natalie is a believer in continuous learning and improvement and practice it in all aspects of her personal as well as professional life. She is passionate about strategy, the consumer and creating value in high growth environments. Natalie brought She Loves Tech, a global initiative showcasing the convergence of the latest trends in technology, entrepreneurship, innovation, and the opportunities it creates for women, to the UAE> She holds Global Executive MBA from Insead.

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Taras Wankewycz
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